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We often use way ( = method) in expressions without a preposition.

  • You're doing it (in) the wrong way
  • You put in the cassette this way
  • Do it any way you like.

In relative structures, we often use the way that . . .

  • I don't like the way (that) you 're doing it.

After way, we can use an infinitive structure or of . . . -ing. There is no important difference between the two structures.

  • There's no way to prove Iof proving that he was stealing.
  • Don't confuse in the way and on the way.

If something is in the way, it stops you getting where you want to go.

  • Please don't stand in the kitchen door — you're in the way.
  • On the way means 'during the journey' or 'coming'.
  • We'll have lunch on the way. Spring is on the way
Vera, 380 days ago 0
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The Palace Theatre in Cambridge Square is a sort of halfway house on the ambitious tour which Sir John Gielgud is undertaking at the head of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company now presenting "Much Ado About Nothing" and "King Lear." Already the players have appeared in Vienna, Zurich, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and the Hague, and when their season at the Palace finishes on September 17th, they will go back to the Continent to give performances in Berlin, Hamburg, Oslo and Copenhagen before returning to visit six major cities in the United Kingdom. Finally there is to be a short season at Stratford-upon-Avon. Qielgud has been deeply moved by memorable receptions in Austria, Holland and Switzerland. Neither he nor Peggy Ashcroft had previously played in Vienna, but they made new reputations overnight and could easily have stayed twice as long playing to capacity audiences. After every performance people in the stalls surged down to the front and continued to applaud most-enthusiastically until the company had taken at least fifteen curtains. That was not all; when Gielgud and Peggy Ashcroft would leave the theatre by the stage door best part of an hour later, they would be greeted by several hundred people, waiting to clap and cheer them as they stepped into their car.

7sky, 514 days ago 0
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Michael had started with Shakespeare. That was before Julia knew him. He had played Romeo at Cambridge, and when he came down after a year at a dramatic school, Benson had engaged him. Michael toured the country and played a great variety of parts. But he realized that Shakespeare would get him nowhere and that if he wanted to become a leading actor he must gain experience in modern plays.
A man called James Langton was running a repertory theatre at Middlepool that was attracting a good deal of attention, and after Michael had been with Benson for three years, when the company was going to Middlepool on its annual tour, he wrote to Langton and asked him whether he would see him.

7sky, 617 days ago 0
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"Are you going to the Red Army Theatre?" Essex asked.
"I put that off," Katherine said. "I'm going to the Bol-shoi   to  see  'Giselle.'"1
"You had better hurry."
"I shan't be late," Katherine said. "I'm never late."

7sky, 672 days ago 0
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Blog »Vocabulary

Putting your ideas in the right order

Words that help put your ideas in order

  • firstly, then , so far, secondly, in the end, next, eventually, subsequently, at last, at lenght, afterwords

Words for exceptions

  • only, if, unless, except (for), save for

Making points and giving examples

WonderAlice, 793 days ago 2
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This is a partial list of hybrid words, or “blends” — words formed by combining two pre-existing words — in the English language. Most portmanteau words combine the prefix of one word with the suffix of the other. This process sometimes creates derivative meanings for the prefix and suffix. Some portmanteaux, however, combine the prefixes from both words (e.g., the portmanteau-word, “modem” - from modulator and demodulator).

anechka, 798 days ago 0
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Blanch - to immerse food briefly into boiling water, then plunge into cold water. The process firms flesh, heightens and sets color and flavor and loosens skin as in tomatoes intended for peeling.

Canola oil - Canola oil is a versatile, neutral-tasting oil that is very low in saturated fat. Puritan is a well-known brand.

Exion, 820 days ago 0
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Blog »Humour
A funny way to learn vocabulary. We have reviewed a list similar to this in the past. Most of these are new. The humor in the following sentences is in the form of "puns" (plays on words).
Please try to read these and see if you can see where the 'joke' is. Please ask me about any you cannot understand. I hope they make you laugh.
Hexen, 827 days ago 2
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Blog »Grammar

  1. the
  2. of
  3. and
  4. a
  5. to
  6. in
  7. is
  8. you
  9. that
  10. it
  11. he
  12. was
  13. for
  14. on
  15. are
  16. as
  17. with
  18. his
  19. they
  20. I
  21. at
  22. be
  23. this
  24. have
  25. from
  1. or
  2. one
  3. had
  4. by
  5. word
  6. but
  7. not
  8. what
  9. all
  10. were
  11. we
  12. when
  13. your
  14. can
  15. said
  16. there
  17. use
  18. an
  19. each
  20. which
  21. she
  22. do
  23. how
  24. their
  25. if
  1. will
  2. up
  3. other
  4. about
  5. out
  6. many
  7. then
  8. them
  9. these
  10. so
  11. some
  12. her
  13. would
  14. make
  15. like
  16. him
  17. into
  18. time
  19. has
  20. look
  21. two
  22. more
  23. write
  24. go
  25. see
  1. number
  2. no
  3. way
  4. could
  5. people
  6. my
  7. than
  8. first
  9. water
  10. been
  11. call
  12. who
  13. oil
  14. its
  15. now
  16. find
  17. long
  18. down
  19. day
  20. did
  21. get
  22. come
  23. made
  24. may
  25. part

silar, 978 days ago 2
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Words are the way we express what we know. Words also help us learn new ideas and concepts. Because vocabulary knowledge is so closely tied to reading comprehension, students who are English language learners face special challenges. Unlike native speakers of English, they may have very limited listening and speaking vocabularies. And although they may learn to speak the new language quickly, they face a constant challenge — to recognize and understand new words in print. Many of these “book words” are not words that students hear or use in everyday conversation. Educators can help their students develop a rich academic vocabulary and thus motivate students to become avid, lifelong readers.

Scientific research on vocabulary instruction tells us two important points:

- Most vocabulary is learned indirectly through experiences with oral and written language.

- There is a need to teach some vocabulary directly.

Afelis, 1168 days ago 0
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